Listen: Cool and Rainy Day   I love this tune by Cora Mae – it’s laid back, calm and very “you’ll be back.” Full disclosure – I chose this song because I’m feeling somewhat grateful for the cool days we’ve had in North Carolina this summer, but the rain is a bit excessive. The title […]

We are so excited to see that Ironing Board Sam, Dom Flemons, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops have been honor by Living Blues for 2013! Ironing Board Sam was named “Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)” and Dom Flemons was named “Most Outstanding Musician (Other-Banjo).” Check out the other winners! The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Leaving Eden also […]

The last piece from our collaboration with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University is an audio snippet captured by the students who worked with Mississippi blues man Ben Payton, who recently relocated to Hillsborough, NC to work with Music Maker. “honey almond salmon” Ben Payton fondly remembers a celebrity moment in Morocco, where […]

Listen: Let’s Make Love On “Let’s Make Love” Larry Shores’ voice exemplifies a cowboy tenderness in all its mythic glory. It also tells a story that I believe every person listening can find themselves in. Often, I hear the tales of lost love and loneliness in country songs and I think first that I am […]

Most of the material that came out of the class with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University was video, true, but we also got some insightful photos, snippets of audio and art projects. In today’s piece, graduate student Candice catches a moment in the life of Ms. Puddin’s social club in Winston-Salem, where […]